Sweet Jupiter’s jelly beans! It’s episode 40 of the Four Color Freak-Out and boy howdy do we have stuff to rant talk about. Comics! E3! Xbox One vs PS4! And a little indie movie called “MAN OF STEEL”. Joining us in the jump seat is Kansas City podcast butterfly Trevan McGee so sit back, keep a fresh drink handy, and dig into to two hours of wall to wall nerdom.

And if two hours of yours truly isn’t enough, head over to KCUR this morning at 11:30 to hear me run down the sordid history of The Big Blue Schoolboy in film and television on Up To Date!

What the?! Yup, it’s another Four Color Freak-Out covering three weeks(!) of comics, Doctor Who, the vagaries of acronyms versus made-up words, anticipation of the Man of Steel, and the best of 80’s crushes! It’s also 2 hours long! So for those of you with long commutes: You’re welcome. To the rest of you: We’re very, very sorry.

We now have our first look at Henry Cavill wearing the tights for Zack Snyder‘s Superman reboot Man of Steel. It’s a definite improvement on Bryan Singer’s design but the odd texture (especially contrasted to the heavy cloth cape) seems a bit out of place to me. To finish my nitpicking I’ll also say the symbol sticks out a bit too far for my tastes (but, once again, it’s better than the Superman Returns version).